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a question, he must not be surprised if he does not 

 get a correct answer. Nothing is more often done, 

 or more unfair, than to ask him where he is going 

 to next after dra-v^dng one cover, for many circum- 

 stances may occur to induce him to change. After 

 ha^'ing told some person, for instance, just as he 

 arrives at the cover-side he hears that some people 

 are shooting, or have been that day ^\'ith all sorts 

 of dogs, or he may draw a hedgerow, or a small 

 cover in his way, which he did not think worth 

 speaking of ; and if the person told has told others, 

 and they have gone on, and afterwards find that the 

 hounds have shpped away with their fox, they blame 

 the huntsman. Therefore men had better depend 

 entirely on themselves, and never lose sight of the 

 hounds either before they have found or afterwards, 

 if they can keep near enough, particularly in windy 

 weather ; for this is the only sm-e and safe plan. 

 Many men go great distances to cover, and, owdng 

 to not attending to it frequently lose the best of 

 the run at first, and have to distress their horses 

 beyond recovery in getting up to the hounds, and 

 cannot enjoy what little remains of the run, and 

 often are not lucky enough to get up at all. And 

 there are days, though unfortunately not frequent, 

 that as soon as hounds are thrown into cover they 



